Introduction
This review is about a short autobiography that contains Elie’s experience in the Nazi concentration camps during the holocaust. Translated by Marion Wiesel, Elie’s wife, this book describes in detail Elie’s suffering through losing his family and surviving conditions that no person should be forced to live in. The book is called Night By Elie Wiesel.
Story
Elie is a boy living in Sighet, Transylvania when he and his family are taken from their homes in 1944 to a concentration camp called ‘Auschwitz’. There he is separated from his mother and sister. Wiesel and his father bear through the horrible treatment of the jews at the camp.
As the Soviet Army approaches the camp, The Germans decide to flee with the inmates on a death march to another concentration camp in Germany, Buchenwald. The camp is eventually liberated by The United States Army, but it is too late for Elie’s father, who died shortly before.
The Review
This book was part of my school curriculum, and I was immediately drawn to it because of my interest in World War II. As I read this book, I felt myself aching for what Elie had been through. Elie has manged to weave his painful life experiences into something the reader can clearly understand. I would recommend this book for older middle schoolers because it uses some strong language and has content that some readers might find disturbing. If you are interested in WWII and The Holocaust, this book will be exactly what you need. I rate this book a perfect score of 5 stars because of the way that Elie smoothly weaves his experience into a poigant story that any reader can understand.
